Tajkistan, Society

10:59, october 1, 2009

Tajik economist questions 2010 budget’s main parameters

DUSHANBE, October 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) will not reach 3 percent in 2010, Tajik known economist, Professor Hojimuhammad Umarov said in an interview

10:44, october 1, 2009

2010 national budget will not be pruned significantly, says expert

DUSHANBE, October 1, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The draft national budget for 2010 endorsed by the government on September 29 will not be pruned significantly, Firouz Saidov, a lead specialist at the

19:36, september 29, 2009

Countries using waters from reservoirs of their neighbors must contribute to dam maintenance, says Kyrgyz expert

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Countries that use waters from reservoirs of their neighbors must make contributions to maintenance of dams in the proper way, Kyrgyz expert,

15:31, september 29, 2009

Independent experts discuss further fate of Russian military base in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 29, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting formally titled “The Fate of 201st Russian Military Base in Tajikistan: Independent View” was held in Dushanbe today.

10:44, september 25, 2009

Tajik government receives help from IMF and other donors for mitigation of crisis effects

DUSHANBE, September 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- No matter where the global crisis began, first of all each government is responsible for economy of its country, Mr.

19:25, september 24, 2009

If world powers do not help Tajikistan overcome crisis, our economy will collapse, says expert

DUSHANBE, September 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- If the United States does not bear responsibility towards small developing countries, the financial crisis may affect their economies even more,

18:38, september 22, 2009

Tajikistan will able to overcome crisis only after prices of aluminum and cotton rise: Tajik expert

DUSHANBE, September 22, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan will probably overcome the global financial crisis only after the international prices Tajikistan’s major commodities – aluminum and

16:47, september 22, 2009

Allegations that crisis comes to end unfounded, says Tajik expert

DUSHANBE, September 22, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Allegations by some experts that the global financial crisis has come to an end do not correspondent to the facts, Firouz Saidov, an official with

12:39, september 16, 2009

Tajik central bank’s monetary policy requires certain improvement

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2009, Asia-Plus - Instruments of monetary policy of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) require a certain improvement, Mr.

17:11, september 11, 2009

Using destabilization in Afghanistan, USA manages to strengthen its position in CA, says expert

DUSHANBE, September 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Using destabilization in Afghanistan and scaring the region with the Taliban, the United States has managed to strengthen its position in Central

15:38, september 8, 2009

Teachers expected to dress modestly and tidily

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus - The Ministry of Education (MoE) has developed guidelines on professional dress for teachers at secondary schools.

14:19, september 8, 2009

Tajik central bank forced to artificially revaluate the somoni rate, says expert

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) is now forced to revaluate the exchange rate of the national currency, the somoni, artificially, Tajik expert

18:09, september 2, 2009

Tajik government does not have political will for improvement of parliamentary election law: SDPT

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Practice has shown once again that the Tajik government does not have a political will for improvement of the parliamentary elections code, the

17:43, september 2, 2009

Resolution of the government on the draft parliamentary elections code predictable, says IRPT official

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A negative resolution of the government on the draft parliamentary elections code could be predictable, Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda, a spokesman for the

15:28, september 2, 2009

Many points of draft parliamentary election legislation in contrary to the Constitution: CCER

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Many points of the draft law on elections to the parliament, authored by MP Shodi Shabdolov, are in contrary to the country’s Constitution, Muhibullo

13:26, september 2, 2009

Government passes negative resolution on draft parliamentary election law

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government has passed a negative resolution on a bill on elections to the Majlisi Oli (Tajikistan’s parliament) and we cannot agree with this

14:31, august 26, 2009

Uzbekistan forced to cooperate with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan over energy resources, says Tajik MP

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An agreement between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on sale of 500 million kWh of Tajik electricity to Uzbekistan in August-September this year is the first

13:31, august 26, 2009

It is better to sell electricity at low price than discharge water in vain: Barqi Tojik

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- it is better to sell surplus electricity at low prices than discharge water in vain, the source at Barqi Tojik power holding told Asia-plus, commenting

13:10, august 26, 2009

Tajikistan supplies electricity to Uzbekistan at 1.5cents per 1 kWh

DUSHANBE, August 26, Asia-Plus -- Under an agreement between energy companies of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Tajikistan supplies 500 million kWh of electrical power to Uzbekistan in

18:44, august 24, 2009

Each Tajik national should make feasible contribution to preservation of hydropower facilities: expert

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Further development of Tajikistan’s energy sector is connected with construction of dams and hydropower facilities, and therefore, the issue of safety

17:20, august 24, 2009

Tajikistan should use every opportunity to prove its right to build large dam in its territory, says expert

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan should use every opportunity to prove its right to build large dams in its territory, local expert Shokirjon Hakimov said in an interview

12:53, august 24, 2009

Tajikistan will probably not attend the Almaty meeting for dam safety cooperation in CA

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the expert group for working out regional dam safety cooperation agreement is expected to take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 27.

14:26, august 21, 2009

Tajik expert expects annual inflation to stand at 12-15% this year

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Consumer prices will continue to rise through the year and annual inflation for 2009 will stand at 12-15 percent, Dr.

19:39, august 19, 2009

Authorities will not be able to curb price rises during Ramadan, says expert

DUSHANBE, August 19, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Even with the best will in the world Tajik authorities will not be able to curb price rises during the holy month of Ramadan, Bahodur Habibov, the head

13:31, august 18, 2009

Georgia’s CIS withdrawal is the beginning of the end of CIS, says Tajik expert

DUSHANBE, August 18, Asia-Plus -- Georgia is officially ending its membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as of today.

19:03, august 14, 2009

Crisis gives more space for interaction between SCO states, the SCO deputy general secretary

DUSHANBE, August 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The global financial crisis gives even more space for interaction between member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the SCO Deputy

19:17, june 29, 2009

Political situation that emerged in Iran was to be expected, says Tajik expert

DUSHANBE, June 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The political situation that emerged in Iran following the presidential election was to be expected because quite a strong opposition emerged there

10:15, june 25, 2009

UN head urges the UN member states to ratify and implement in good faith Convention against Torture

DUSHANBE, June 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Despite an impressive legal and institutional framework to prevent it, torture is still widely tolerated or even practiced by Governments, and impunity